Wednesday, May 6, 2015

In response to fear: A Prayer for the Taking (along the road to Emmaus)

God,
take me
by the scruff
of my tremulous neck,
by the stuff
of this flawless soul
I am blind to,
and lay my withering feet
on the road.
Give me the bread
to break; make of me
the bread. Break me
of fear.
Lay me open
to the sight
of my own astonishment.
Give me my wings.
My power.
Unbind my eyes
to the living,
here in the lens
of all the death
that I see; the death
I believe my life
has become.
Shed me; rid me
of fear. It shatters
my bones; crumples
my spine. Raise me
up to my true height.
Pivot my eyes
to the glory
of May bursting
open with green.Here, you say,
is Life.Here, you say,
is Me.Here, you say
as you settle my stance
on the Emmaus road,
is you.